Archery bow reel



Feb. 17, 1959 I L. s. MEYER ET AL 9 ARCHERY Bow REEL Filed July 16, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 F: j 4 I l INVENTORS LEONARD S. MEYER GEORGE A. SHIRA BY CORBET T\ MAHONEY& M ILLER- Feb. 17, 1959 Ls. MEYER ET AL 2,873,929

' ARCHERY Bow REEL 7 Filed July 16, 1 56 E 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORs LEONARD S. MEYER GEORGE A. S H IRA BY CORBETTL MAHONEY8- MILLER- AT TYS veteran :Carolina Our invention relates to an archery bow reel. n

has to do, more specifically, with a reel which is designed;

for attachmentto;an' -archeryi bow to.=hold q a" supply of line that is ttac hed to the arrow to in fishing or other spo'rtsfi t 'tgQne of the objects of. our invention is toprovide a bow-reelwhich canbe attached to" the bow T-witli ease 'TaHdflS so designed as nottolinterfere witliith' normal raction of the bow. Another object of ourvinventionis to provide a bow reel which of sucha natureastop'revmt foulingof the :lineiaS it; is unreeled .therefrorrr upori shob't'in g of the arrow from the bow.

A further object of our invention is to provide a bow reel which is of such a nature that the turns of the line will unreel therefrom orderly and will not tend to pull therefrom in bunches.

Still another object of our invention is to provide a bow reel which has automatically releasing gripping means that prevents the line from unwinding until actual discharge of the arrow from the bow.

An additional object of our invention is to provide a bow reel which is of such a nature that when it is attached to a bow the line can be rewound thereon and associated with the gripping means with one hand so that the other will be free to hold the bow and arrow.

Various other objects will be apparent from the following description and the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, we have illustrated the preferred embodiment of our invention. In these drawmgs:

' Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an archery bow upon which our reel is mounted.

Figure 2 is a top elevational view of the reel.

Figure 3 is an edge view of the reel taken along line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the angular relationship of the upper and lower edges of the reel.

Figure 5 is an enlarged view of the outer or forward portion of the reel illustrating the combination guide groove and grip slit formed therein. I

Figure 5a is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 5a-5a of Figure 5.

Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the angular relationship of the bow reel relative to the arrow before being shot from the bow.

Figure 7 is a similar view but showing the relationship be shetfrom the bow.

taching sectionlt), which has a flat bow-contacting surf .1 1 a a n e a f'to wa d y ie end s re it [tion which is mergedto the-attaching section ftitflhe upper and lower chamfered cornersqfiz The section lz isfof considerably'less vertical extent than 'the section ltl so that the upwardlyand downwardly extending attaching ears 'lfl-are provided for useinattaching there el to fthebow. w .jllhe side surfaces 15 of the bow reel are parallel but thenpper and lower edges of the reel section l2 are not parallel; ,Thus, in the position shown in Figure 4,

is indicated by the broken line ,C. The edge :16is normal to the surfaceli and the eclgelfl isat an angle of 85 to 88 degrees relative to that'surfa'ce. This angularre- .lationship is very important and will. be discussed more in detail later. The forward end of the reel section 12 is provided with a forwardly opening combination guide groove and ;line gripping slit 18 (Figs. 2 to S and -5a),for;med' diago- -nal ly,;across it. Theouter part of this-groove= is; widened as indicated at119 so as to guidealine intothe slitztl which isrecessed rearwardly -within f.the wide part=of Y the groove.

In practice the guide groove 19 is molded into the reel section 12 with a base conforming to the dotted line 21 in Figure 5 and then a cut is made down through the bottom of the groove to form a slit down to the line 22 which will be the base of the slit. It will be noted that the slit part is of tablike form with its smaller end forwardmost and, consequently, when the line is slipped back into the guide groove 18 it will readily slip therefrom into the smaller area forward end of the slit and gradually back into the larger area thereof where it will be effectively gripped.

As shown in Figure 1, the reel may be mounted on a how 26 of any suitable type. It is mounted above or below the midpoint of the bow and the cars 14 may be taped to the bow as indicated at 25. If it is mounted above the midpoint of the bow, as shown in Figure l,

the angled edge 17 will be uppermost whereas if it is mounted below the midpoint such edge will be lowermost. However, in the following description it will be assumed that it is uppermost. The line 23 will haveone end attached to the rear end of the arrow illustrated at 24 and its opposite end will be anchored to the bow or other member such as a float, boat, etc. so that when the line unreels it will be attached to something. The line 23 is wound on the reel section 12 and the portion adjacent the arrow is slipped into the guide groove 18 and finally is clipped into the slit 19 which will grip and retain it. Three or four feet of the line 23 should hang free to permit drawing of the arrow 24. Because of the provision of the particular type of guide groove 18, the line can be clipped into the slit 19 with one hand while the other holds the bow and arrow. Since the reel section 12 is soft, this permits the first layer of convolutions of the line to cut into the soft material thereby preventing the line from slipping ofl the tapered section 12 in bunches. Successive layers will wind on preceding layers and will thereby be prevented from pulling off in bunches so that there will be an orderly sequential unwinding. Also, because the attaching section 12 is of relatively soft flexible material, it will bend readily with the bow and will not interfere with the normal action thereof. Thus, it is important that this reelbe molded from a material which will have a durometer hardness of 30v to as indicated previously.

The importance of the angular relationship between 3 the edges 16 and 17 is illustrated in Figures 6 and 7. As indicated previously, the lines A and B which are extensions of the lower and upper edges 16 and 17, respectively, will be in angular relationship. The line A will parallel the line D which will be the direction of discharge of the arrow. Since the edge 17 is at a predetermined angle relative to the path of the arrow, there will be no tendency for the line to snag on the upper forward corner,

of the section 12 as it is unreeled from such section due to the flight of the arrow. We have found in actual practice that the angle of inclination or taper of the edge 17 should be 82 or 85 degrees relative to the vertical or surface 11 and that the lower edge 16 should always be. at 90 degrees. When the arrow is discharged, as shown in Figure 7, and moves into successive positions the line 23 will pay off the reel section 12 and the angle between the line 23 itself and the path of the arrow will decrease so that the tendency to snag will be lessened. Thus, the angular relationship between the edges 16 and 17, as represented by lines A and B, is more important in the initial discharge of the arrow to prevent snagging.

It will be apparent from the above description and the drawings that our bow reel has a number of advantages. Some of the advantages have been discussed above and others will be apparent.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is:

An archery bow reel comprising an integral tapered forward reel section and an attaching rear section, said.

tapered reel section extending forwardly having substantially parallel side surfaces and narrowing in a vertical direction towards its forward end to provide angularly l g s I related upper and lower edges, the edge adapted to be disposed adjacent to the arrow rest of the bow'being substantially normal to the-vertical and the opposite edge being angled forwardly and inwardly relative to the vertical so that there will be no tendency for the line to snag on the forward end of the tapered section as it is unreeled from such section due to the flight of an arrow attached to a line to be wound on said tapered section and shot from a bow on which said reel is to be mounted adjacent the arrow rest thereof and with its angled edge disposed outwardly away from the arrow rest, the forward end of said tapered section having a guide groove therein extending transversely at an angle thereto having an outwardly opening mouth and communicating at its base Wlth the outwardly opening mouth of a line gripping slit of less width than the groove, said slit being formed in a tab-like outward projection at the base of the groove so that the slit gradually increases in transverse extent from its mouth to its base.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED 'STATES PATENTS Pearson Apr. 15, 1941 

